Russian Criminals May Be Hiding Behind Pro-WikiLeaks Attacks

• By Justin Lee, January 21, 2011

A screen shot of WikiLeaks.info

(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Two Internet watchdog websites have discovered that Russian cybercriminals may be riding on the coattails of WikiLeaks and its hacker supporters, to stay online, according to a report by Security News Daily.

Researchers found WikiLeaks mirror site and an English-language forum for "Anonymous," a group of pro-WikiLeaks hackers, had both been established in areas of the Internet believed to be operated by Russian criminal organizations.

Malware tracking firm Spamhaus flagged Wikileaks.info on December 14 as being hosted by Webalta and Heihachi, which are both believed to be fronts for organized-crime units.
In a blog post written that same day, Spamhaus analyst Quentin Jenkins wrote that Heihachi was "highly involved in botnet command and control and the hosting of Russian cybercrime." Spamhaus was hit with a DDoS attack the day after the post.
On December 27th, Bank of America was also hit by a DDoS attack whose corresponding server was found to be located in Russia, according to McAfeeLabs, which means that Russian copycats may be behind these attacks and not Anonymous.
Ìt has yet to be determined whether the regular members of Anonymous are aware that their efforts have attracted foreign criminals.
Spamhaus recommends pro-WikiLeaks supporters to visit wikileaks.ch for a list of official WikiLeaks mirror sites and to avoid Anonymous message boards hosted by Webalta or Heihachi or contain an .ru domain.

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